This is a conversation with Kai Kuhnhenn and Linda Schneider. They recently co-wrote a really important and freely-available study exploring a Societal Transformation Scenario (STS) on how to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
Topics Discussed:
The importance of the study
The problem with assuming economic growth in studying environmental impact
The reliance on growth in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports
Risks of geoengineering
Degrowth for the Global North
How the Societal Transformation Scenario (STS) differs from mainstream economics
The problems with uncritical techno-optimism
The risks of overshoot
Why Recycle is the least important of the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
What about the Global South?
Addressing economic justice
What exactly does Net Zero mean?
Keystone pipeline
Exploring the possible
Having hope
Climate anxiety
Recommended Books
The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency by Andreas Malm
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